Together with the UFC’s next pay-per-view event just more than three weeks away, it’s time to start taking a look at the betting odds for your card. Two streaks on the card already have lines introduced, and they are about as different as can be. At the primary event, T.J. Dillashaw will defend his newly won UFC bantamweight title against the guy he took it from, Renan Barao. In their first fight, Barao closed as a massive -910 favorite (bet $910 to acquire $100) over Dillashaw. The Team Alpha Male manhood ruled that first battle, scoring a fifth-round TKO in among the biggest anti upsets in UFC history. This time, the chances are much closer, with Dillashaw sitting at -140 and Barao the little underdog in +120 (bet $100 to win $120). There are eight extra bouts on the card that up until now didn’t have betting lines posted. MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas changed that now as he released the full UFC 177 betting odds at 5Dimes Sportsbook. ———— MAIN CARD (PPV, 10pm ET) UFC Bantamweight Title TJ Dillashaw -140 Renan Barao +100 Tony Ferguson -265 Danny Castillo +185 Bethe Correia -160 Shayna Baszler +120 Carlos Diego Ferreira -280 Ramsey Nijem +200 Yancy Medeiros -135 Damon Jackson -105 ————— PRELIMINARY CARD (Fox Sports 1, 8pm ET) Lorenz Larkin -140 Derek Brunson +100 Henry Cejudo -185 Scott Jorgensen +145 Anthony Hamilton -210 Ruan Potts +160 Joe Soto -125 Anthony Birchak -115 ————— PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Night, 7:30pm ET) Chris Wade -140 Cain Carrizosa +100 ————— Brad’s Evaluation: I actually want Bethe Correia to win this battle, so that I never have to hear anything about the absurd»Four Horsewomen» ever again. Nevertheless, Correia has never confronted anyone of Baszler’s skill level, particularly when it comes to grappling. I believe Baszler is able to sift through Correia’s drag and striking this fight to the ground where she will have a distinct edge. The greatest worry for me is about Baszler’s long layoff and injury woes of late, and it can be more than sufficient to keep me away from betting her. Tony Ferguson seems like a nightmare matchup for Danny Castillo. Castillo has been tagged on the toes several times prior to, and unlike his charms against Tim Means or Anthony Njokuanihe won’t have the ability to fall back on his wrestling here if the striking does not go to plan. This ought to be quite competitive in all areas, but Ferguson has slight edges which should propel him to victory. Lorenz Larkin is only 27, but the decline in his performances of late makes him seem more like a 37-year-old. He seemed totally listless against Brad Tavares for 10 minutes, and was quickly dispatched by Costas Philippou. On the other hand, Derek Brunson supplied the toughest test of Yoel Romero’s career in his most recent bout. It seems like Larkin was really overvalued as a potential while in Strikeforce, while Brunson had been missed. This is an extremely difficult bout to predict regarding a negative or a total, so I will likely stay away entirely. On the other hand, I believe Ramsey Nijem is in for a rough night against Carlos Diego Ferreira. Nijem may have a wrestling advantage , but even that’s questionable. Ferreira is the far better entry grappler, and probably even the greater striker at this point (though Nijem’s advancement in that regard last time outside was nice to see). I anticipate Ferreira to find the win, and probably put another finish on his resume either from his entry abilities or Nijem’s questionable chin. Henry Cejudo consistently made for interesting bouts even when he was facing completely overmatched contest, so now that he’s up against a legitimate evaluation in Scott Jorgensen, I have to admit this is among my most anticipated bouts on the card. The physical advantages here belong to Cejudo, as does the wrestling advantage, naturally. He may not have the well-rounded skill set to stop Jorgensen, but I think he wins rounds using takedowns and scrambling. Cejudo passed one of the important tests for prospects in his last outing too, becoming broken square to the jaw and shaking off it to win not just the fight, but round as well. The major question with Cejudo, as always, is: how concentrated is he? Maybe being signed with the UFC was the impetus he had to begin taking the game seriously, as in his past appearances (and non-appearances) using Legacy FC, it’s quite obvious he’s been coasting at times. Against Jorgensen that he might not be able to eliminate a half effort, and when he does it will make him even more particular. A Legacy veteran making his UFC debut with less fanfare is 39-year-old Richard Odoms. His only loss came to UFC heavyweight Jared Rosholt, but he has generally been able to restrain and outhustle competitions to pick up choices. That will be difficult against Ruslan Magomedov, who really possesses decent cardio to get a heavyweight, to go along with his strong striking. Coming off of nearly a year layoff, it is difficult to expect much from Odoms, therefore I expect Magomedov to pick up the win, but he’s someone I completely expect to fade when he can get a couple more wins and confront decent competition. The hype on Yancy Medeiros came a bit too fast, and should nearly be snuffed out at this point. His striking defense appeared atrocious against the two Yves Edwards and Jim Miller, along with his entry game was practically non-existent since he had been tapped within minutes of hitting the floor against Miller. Maybe that could work to the advantage of his backers from Justin Edwards nevertheless, as Edwards isn’t UFC caliber, even at this time. Edwards has a good guillotine, rather than many other abilities, so Medeiros has this fight to win so long as he doesn’t dive in that weapon. Edwards will likely come out quickly, because he must know that a win will mark the end of the UFC employ. Speaking of pink-slip derbies, the failure of Ruan Potts and Anthony Hamilton will probably be shown the door as well, since both place on foul dislpays within their UFC debuts. Potts is an aggressive — but not overly talented — grappler, while Hamilton showed enormous holes in his own grappling against Alexey Oleinik. On the flip side, Hamilton has some electricity and Potts was put out by one shot on the floor against Soa Palelei. Either guy could complete this battle quickly and I wouldn’t be surprised, or else they could play it safe and we could be treated to some truly awful heavyweight MMA. If the cost for this bout to go over 1.5 rounds is high enough, I might just have a shot in hopes the bout really is of the hilariously bad variety, but I can not see myself putting considerably more than Monopoly money down on this contest.

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