UFC odds: Josh Emmett vs. Ilia Topuria highlights a five-match main card Saturday in Jacksonville
Here's a look at the odds for each bout of a five-match UFC card headlined by Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria on Saturday.
A featherweight fight between Josh Emmett and Ilia Topuria headlines a five-match matinee UFC card televised on ABC Saturday from Jacksonville, Fla.
Topuria, 26, is fighting for the first time in 2023. He is undefeated in 13 bouts with four knockouts and eight submissions. Unsurprisingly, he enters Saturday’s main event vs. Emmett as a sizable favorite.
Here’s a look at the odds for the five main card matches on Saturday.
Odds are courtesy of BetMGM, current at the time of publishing and subject to change.
UFC odds: Josh Emmett vs. Ilia Topuria
Josh Emmett: +275
Ilia Topuria: -350
Topuria, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu-style fighter, is a big favorite here, and the most likely result, according to BetMGM’s odds, is that Topuria wins by submission (+125).
The match isn’t expected to last long. There are even-money odds (+100) for the fight to end in Round 1 and Topuria is +125 to win in the first round.
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UFC odds: Maycee Barber vs. Amanda Ribas
Maycee Barber: +165
Amanda Ribas: -210
Ribas (11-3), a judo-style fighter, has lost two of her last four bouts, but has fought just once in the last 13 months, earning a unanimous decision win over fellow Brazilian Viviane Araujo in March.
Barber (12-2), a Colorado native, enters Saturday’s flyweight fight having won her last four.
UFC odds: Austen Lane vs. Justin Tafa
Austen Lane: +150
Justin Tafa: -185
Lane, at 6-foot-6, has a six-inch height advantage over Tafa in this heavyweight fight, but Tafa (266 pounds) has a 26-pound weight advantage.
Lane (12-3) has won six straight contests. Tafa (6-3) has won two straight by way of first-round knockout.
This one is not expected to last long. Tafa is +300 to win inside the first minute of the fight. The odds are -800 to not go the distance.
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UFC odds: David Onama vs. Gabriel Santos
David Onama: +180
Gabriel Santos: -225
Santos brings a 10-1 record to the octagon. That lone defeat came in his last fight, a split-decision loss to Lerone Murphy on the undercard of UFC 286.
Onama (10-2), meanwhile, is fighting for the first time since August, when he lost a majority decision to Nate Landwehr.
Getting a full fight in this featherweight bout wouldn’t be a shock. BetMGM has the odds of going the distance set at +130.
UFC odds: Brendan Allen vs. Bruno Silva
Brendan Allen: -200
Bruno Silva: +165
The first fight on the main card features two middleweights who are the most experienced fighters on the card.
Allen (21-5) is a jiu-jitsu fighter with 12 submission wins on his record. He’s won four straight fights, three by submission.
Silva (23-8) has lost two of three, but scored a first-round knockout in his last fight in April.
Allen by submission (+175) is the most likely result on the “method of victory” odds board.
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