When lightweight winner Rafael dos Anjos pulled from his next title defense against Connor McGregor 12 days ahead of the series, the UFC had options galore.
You see, in the same way the featherweight kingpin will tell you, any card headlined by the Dubliner is going to be a profitable bonanza. The marketing first offered the fight to Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar, but neither answered the call.
Edgar had been coping with a groin injury that had prevented him from coaching for the several previous weeks, while Aldo’s trainer said he was not in good enough shape conditioning-wise to select the fight on this short notice.
Former 155-pound champ Anthony Pettis was one fighter volunteering his services, linking the likes of Urijah Faber and Donald’Cowboy’ Cerrone. Even B.J. Penn wanted a shot at McGregor.
Nate Diaz was more than willing when contacted by the UFC. Dana White allowed the rumors in the air for several hours before determining that the attention from fans was best to get a Diaz-McGregor showdown.
McGregor had informed the UFC he’d fight anybody on the roster at any given weight. When Diaz’s camp indicated getting down to 155 on brief note was too much, the UFC countered using a catchweight offer of 160 pounds. Diaz countered with 165.
When the UFC called’The Notorious,’ he said let’s just do it at 170. Thus, tonight’s key event for UFC 196 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas is a five-rounder contested at welterweight. McGregor, the 145-pound champ, is shifting up two weight classes.
Advertisement Most novels opened McGregor (19-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) at approximately -300, but the odds are becoming more expensive with each passing day. As of Thursday afternoon, most places had McGregor preferred in the -450 to -500 range. Diaz was around +380 on the comeback (risk $100 to win $380).
Now that we have arrived at fight day, most spots have McGregor at -500 or greater. The best payout for Diaz offshore is in 5Dimes, which includes him at +425.
The complete for’over/under’ wagers is 2.5 rounds (-200 to the’under,’ +165’over’). For all those gamblers wanting to shave off some of the’chalk’ yet still back McGregor, the prop for him to win within the distance does not offer you much help (-278 at 5Dimes).
If you would like to take McGregor’s advice that he’ll dust Diaz in the opening round, that brace provides a +170 yield. If you believe the pride of Ireland will make quick work of Diaz, similar to his 13-second demolition of Aldo, there’s a prop at 5Dimes the fight will not go 1:01 that offers a lucrative +550 return.
For McGregor to acquire by TKO/KO (in any round), the price is -275 (danger $275 to win $100). We should notice that Diaz hasn’t been completed at the first round in 28 professional spells.
In fact, Diaz (18-10 MMA, 13-8 UFC) has only been completed twice. He had been filed by Hermes Franca in WEC 24 at the second round, and the 209 product endured his sole livelihood TKO loss to Josh’The Punk’ Thomson at the second round of the April 2013 showdown. (Diaz’s corner threw in the towel)
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