It is simple for lovers and sports bettors to miss UFC 224 while awaiting CM Punk’s redemption fight at UFC 225, the champion vs. champion match-up in UFC 226 or the rumored Georges St-Pierre vs. Nate Diaz bout at UFC 227.
That’d be a mistake.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is becoming an exciting fight card with intriguing options for gamblers looking to parlay prelim fights with main-card bouts. The real cash on this card will be made by betting on stoppages, decisions or the over-under on rounds; not on digging to discover underdogs to lose money on.
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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington, Preview, Betting Picks: Nunes vs. Pennington, Souza vs. Gastelum, Okeinik vs. Albini and More UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington, Preview, Betting Picks: Nunes vs. Pennington, Souza vs. Gastelum, Okeinik vs. Albini and much more Let’s start with the card’s main event women’s bantamweight title fight between Amanda Nunes (-1400) and Racquel Pennington (+800). Pennington enters UFC 224 to a four-fight winning streak, with her last loss coming from split decision to former bantamweight champion and present featherweight contender Holly Holm.
That run of achievement may jump off the page to people expecting to wager on a title underdog to upset a champion that still has a lot to prove, but if you dig deeper you find that Pennington’s streak is a small mirage.
„Rocky” has just stopped two of the last 10 opponents. The two of those opponents, Jessica Andrade (strawweight) and Ashlee Evans-Smith (flyweight), are currently competing in weight reduction classes. Pennington had a split decision to conquer Bethe Correia, which is not a terrific vote of confidence for those hoping she’ll beat Nunes.
Pennington’s most recent wins were against Elizabeth Phillips and a deflated Meisha Tate — both also coming by choice. The cherry on top of the”do not fall for the underdog story” cautionary tale is that the fact that Pennington has not competed since November 2016 and is being thrust into this title battle.
The winner Amanda Nunes has been much more impressive in her last 10 fights, which explains why she’s such a heavy favourite.
Since the beginning of 2016, Nunes holds two wins within Valentina Shevchenko, a first-round entry of Miesha Tate and Sara McMann, and an absolutely demolishing knockout of Ronda Rousey.
Actually, the only individuals to take Nunes past the first round of a struggle was Shevchenko and Cat Zingano, who stopped Nunes with strikes in UFC 178.
Nunes has increased a lot since then and the wise money points in her quitting Pennington in two and a half rounds which is currently at -135. If the rounds scare you, but want to still invest in Nunes, then Nunes by TKO at +120 is a much safer way to play it. (Note: all likelihood herein come from William Hill.)
There’s a risk with this wager. Pennington has only been stopped once in her profession, coincidentally also in the hands of Cat Zingano. For individuals with their hearts set on betting the dog, Pennington losing by decision (Nunes by UD at +325) is the very best bet because the numbers say that an upset isn’t occurring on Saturday night.
Speaking of live puppies, the UFC 224 co-main is where creative bets can lead to cashing a substantial ticket.

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