{"id":122192,"date":"2019-12-13T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=122192"},"modified":"2019-12-13T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T20:32:06","slug":"ufc-245-betting-champions-usman-holloway-nunes-favored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ufc-245-betting-champions-usman-holloway-nunes-favored\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 245 Betting: Champions Usman, Holloway, Nunes Favored in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three champions will put their belts on the line as favorites on Saturday night as part of a stacked UFC 245 card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

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Colby Covington (pictured) will look to upset Kamaru Usman and win the welterweight world championship in the main event of UFC 245. (Image: Josh Hedges\/Zuffa\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kamaru Usman, Max Holloway, and Amanda Nunes are all clear favorites in their fights, according to UFC 245 betting odds posted by DraftKings Sportsbook.<\/p>\n

Usman Not Impressed by Covington Act<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the main event, Usman (15-1) will defend his welterweight championship against Colby Covington<\/a> (15-1) in a matchup that UFC fans have been waiting years to see. Once considered a boring fighter that might be dumped from the roster regardless of his record, Covington has become a reliable bad guy for the UFC to promote, even if his over-the-top support for Donald Trump \u2013 see his frequent appearances in Make America Great Again hats \u2013 is admittedly an act designed to draw boos and make himself more marketable.<\/p>\n

Other UFC fighters haven\u2019t had a problem with Covington\u2019s act. But some have bristled about how open he has been recently about the fact that he\u2019s really just playing a character.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re putting on an act, you\u2019ve got to sell it,\u201d Usman told reporters. \u201cThat\u2019s [showing] weakness already. He\u2019s already finding\u2026a way out: \u2018Once I get beat up on Saturday, don\u2019t have me because I was just putting on an act because they were going to cut me.\u2019 That\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Covington has found a new target ahead of his UFC 245 fight: the company itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not happy with what I am being compensated. I am being underpaid and undervalued,\u201d Colby told ESPN. \u201cUFC needs to pay up, and if they don\u2019t pay up after this fight, you will probably see me in WWE.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holloway, Nunes Favored in UFC 245 Undercard<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The co-main event will see Max Holloway<\/a> (21-4) try to hold on to the featherweight title against the dangerous Alexander Volkanovski (20-1). While Holloway has already made it clear that he\u2019s looking to move up to lightweight, or even entertain boxing matches, in order to secure his combat legacy, Volkanovski is ready to make his own mark on the sport.<\/p>\n

He was a great champion at featherweight. But now it\u2019s my time,\u201d<\/strong> Volkanovski told reporters on Wednesday. \u201cHe\u2019s very well-rounded still. Obviously, he\u2019s got good takedown defense and all that sort of stuff. But I\u2019m going to approach things a little bit different. The things that he does so well and worked for him so well in his past fights are just things I don\u2019t believe are going to work as well with me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Holloway is listed as a -167 favorite over Volkanovski (+138), with the champion\u2019s big fight experience likely being seen as the deciding factor between two fighters with few weaknesses.<\/p>\n

In a third championship bout on the UFC 245 card, Amanda Nunes<\/a> (18-4) will defend her women\u2019s bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie (9-3). Nunes has won her last nine fights, with the last three wins coming by knockout. She also has a win over de Randamie from 2013, in which Nunes won by first-round TKO.<\/p>\n

Both Nunes and de Randamie say the second fight should go differently, with Nunes saying she will be patient in finding her opportunities to strike.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just have to take my time,\u201d Nunes told reporters. \u201cI know she\u2019s going to make mistakes. Like the first time. I\u2019m going to capitalize. The takedown for sure is something that I look for. But I don\u2019t know when it\u2019s going to happen. I know I\u2019ll be able to strike with her. I know I believe I can knock her out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nunes is the biggest favorite of the three fighters on Saturday\u2019s card, going off at -305 against de Randamie (+240).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three champions will put their belts on the line as favorites on Saturday night as part of a stacked UFC 245 card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Kamaru Usman, Max Holloway, and Amanda Nunes are all clear favorites in their fights, according to UFC 245 betting odds posted by DraftKings Sportsbook. 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