The discharge of opening odds for the lately introduced UFC 313 headliner between Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev have raised some eyebrows.
Pereira, the reigning mild heavyweight champion, had his first project of 2025 introduced throughout the broadcast of UFC 311 on Saturday night time. “Poatan” was current as his long-awaited battle with Ankalaev was made official.
Following months of forwards and backwards on social media and questions surrounding his subsequent step, the Brazilian has been lined as much as face the consensus prime contender in the primary occasion of UFC 313 in Las Vegas on March 8.
As at all times, the battle information was rapidly adopted by the discharge of opening odds. And apparently, regardless of his spectacular streak of profitable title defenses in 2024, Pereira is the underdog.
On BetOnline.ag, the champ opened at +170, with the challenger’s line studying -200.
That break up opinion on-line, with many expressing their confidence in Pereira sustaining his place on the sunshine heavyweight throne come battle night time at T-Cellular Enviornment.